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Poilu (/ˈpwɑːluː/; French: [pwaly]) is an
informal term for a late 18th century–early 20th
century French infantryman, meaning, literally, the
hairy one...
- The Journées du
Poilu Sportif (English:
Hairy Sportsman Days) was a
sports events held
across France organized by the
French sports w****ly
magazine Sporting...
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French Poilus posing with
their war-torn flag in 1917,
during World War I...
- (10
September 2001). "Le
dernier poilu s'est éteint". La Dernière Heure.
Retrieved 2 May 2016. "Adieu au
dernier poilu belge". La Dernière Heure. 19 September...
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officially recognized veteran of the
First World War from
France and the last
poilu of its
trenches to die. Born in Italy, he
travelled on his own to France...
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First World War. The term
became wrapped up in the
public conception of the
poilu ("hairy one", the
typical French foot soldier) and his
beloved pinard, joined...
- Mont des
Poilus is a 3,161-metre (10,371-foot)
mountain summit located in Yoho
National Park, in the
Canadian Rockies of
British Columbia, Canada. Its...
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French poilus on a
battlefield during the
First World War...
- m****cript, and in 1978,
sixty years after the war, it was
published as
Poilu: the
World War I
notebooks of
Corporal Louis Barthas, barrelmaker, 1914–1918...
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Flivver in 1917, sta**** on in
France after militarization, and
composed From "
Poilu" to "Yank" in 1918.
Robert Imbrie published Behind the
Wheel of a War Ambulance...
